CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS POLL: THE RESULTS

How is this only #6? Oh right, I didn't send in an albums ballot. You people are disappoint.

History is written by the voters!

would have probably landed at #6 my ballot tbh -- indisputably classic but its no Boston

okay that comes off a lot harsher than i meant it. xo tom p i listen to you a lot more than tom s

I was only kind of jokingly complaining. I know what the staples are, and there are more than ten of them, so this list is (or should be) all gold.

One of my big takeaways from the Petty doc I watched a couple weeks ago is that drum sound they fine-tuned in the studio during the Torpedoes sessions (and maintained through the rest of the 80s until Jeff Lynne butted in). It is SO IMPORTANT to the success of top-tier Petty songs.

yeah i feel like it's a minority opinion around here but f jeff lynne's magic touch imo

btw, if you sync this thread up to the first season of Rizzoli & Isles, some trippy stuff happens

6. (tie) Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon
55 points, 7 votes, 2 first place votes

I'm pretty embarrassed that I didn't know about the different track lists of AYE. I always just listened to the 17-track CD tbh.

Dark Side of the Moon: Peak AOR

it's Zoso if you ain't know so

5. Led Zeppelin – IV
65 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes

ilx you have won back my heart, a+ list so far

Hard to argue with LZ IV

I can see that everybody's waitin'. Gettin' crazy. Anticipating love and music, play play play. Yeah? Yeah.

4. Boston – Boston
80 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote

YEAAAAAAAAH

<3 brad delp up in heaven

that boston album is like a greatest hits on its own

all killer no filler, so good

Houses of the Holy is such a weird ragbag mess of an album, it's hard to believe that PG is the odds-and-ends comp.

you may be asking yourself about now, what could possibly next? what could be higher than Boston? who's next, huh? well....I'm gonna go ask the station manager if he can remember, because I can't. we're all wasted, quite frankly.

3. The Who – Who’s Next
102 points, 12 votes, 4 first place votes

FUCK YEAH

I should have voted for this one.

my #1 - can't wait to see what bullshit ILM thinks is more classic rock than Who's Next

hint: nothing

My number one as well, every song holds up for me despite the constant rotation.

Wow, what a dull list

Who's Next wasn't my #1 (but another Who album was, which likely won't show up).

just noted our #6/5/4/3 albums were on my ballot IN THAT ORDER

me otm \m/

Wow, what a dull list

― g simmel, Sunday, July 27, 2014

feel like maybe we approached this particular ballot differently

My # 2 and only one to place so far. Of course I had a greatest and a live album, so that's on me.

man "love ain't for keeping" is so good

xxp yeah, dull is what it should be I guess

my #1 - can't wait to see what bullshit ILM thinks is more classic rock than Who's Next

― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, July 27, 2014 1:01 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I hear a lot of bullshit, I hear a lot of rumors

2. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
104 points, 13 votes, 3 first place votes

who's next is the classic rockiest of all classic rock albums as far as i'm concerned, but i didn't vote for it because i'm way beyond sick of the two classic rockiest anthems on it.

there are three tracks from rumours in my top 60. it didn't even occur to me to vote for the album. i have no idea why.

I feel like there're three possible no.1s now, each of which will make for a radically different tracks countdown.

fingers crossed

Unless it's Abbey Road, then I won't know what we're getting.

1. The Cars – The Cars
105 points, 12 votes, 5 first place votes

YES

note the razor thin margin between the top 3 in points.

<3 you ILM

man "love ain't for keeping" is so good

― resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, July 27, 2014 1:17 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Dig this live version:

http://youtu.be/m5RH8HIjFD8

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ILM's Top 25 Classic Rock Albums

1. The Cars – The Cars
105 points, 12 votes, 5 first place votes

2. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
104 points, 13 votes, 3 first place votes

3. The Who – Who’s Next
102 points, 12 votes, 4 first place votes

4. Boston – Boston
80 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote

5. Led Zeppelin – IV
65 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes

6. (tie) Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon
55 points, 7 votes, 2 first place votes

6. (tie) Tom Petty – Damn The Torpedoes
55 points, 7 votes, 2 first place votes

8. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
46 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote

9. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?
39 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote

10. Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy
34 points, 4 votes, 1 first place vote

11. David Bowie – The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
27 points, 3 votes, 1 first place vote

12. Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)
26 points, 3 votes, 1 first place vote

13. The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St.
25 points, 3 votes

14. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
24 points, 3 votes, 1 first place vote

15. (tie) Lynyrd Skynyrd – Street Survivors
19 points, 2 votes, 1 first place vote

15. (tie) ZZ Top - Eliminator
19 points, 3 votes

17. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
18 points, 2 votes

18. (tie) Neil Young – Harvest
17 points, 2 votes

18. (tie) Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
17 points, 2 votes

20. (tie) Van Halen – 1984
15 points, 2 votes

20. (tie) Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
15 points, 2 votes

20. (tie) Pink Floyd – The Wall
15 points, 2 votes

20. (tie) Bob Seger – Night Moves
15 points, 2 votes

20. (tie) Rush – Moving Pictures
15 points, 2 votes

20. (tie) The Police – Synchronicity
15 points, 2 votes

My lonely crusade for The Wall continues.

s/t Van Halen wuz robbed (I didn't do an albums ballot tho)

it strikes me that seven of our top 10 were basically born as classic rock albums while the other three had to immigrate to the format. cars and petty albums were very much new wave albums upon release, while fleetwood mac album was top 40.

Oh man I was kind of torn between ziggy stardust and dark side... REGRETS

Argh no Back In Black, no Brothers In Arms ... at least Remain In Light isn't there