Nah, the poll's never been done. They've got too many good songs to fit on a single (vinyl) album tbh.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 11:20 (eight months ago) link
... when I say good I mean GREAT.
stunned that imago has yet to shit on everyone polling their top 50 albums
i'd do it myself but i'm on vacation
― Deflatormouse, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 13:02 (eight months ago) link
Why do you guys hate fun?
― emil.y, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 13:41 (eight months ago) link
albums have been proven, by science, to be significantly less fun than singles
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 13:48 (eight months ago) link
I don't mind people doing this, but I've def lost track of which polls I've voted in & which lists I wanted to comment on
― rob, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:10 (eight months ago) link
― emil.y, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 bookmarkflaglink
Ok, imagine 100+ polls where we all put our top 50. All I'm asking is: are you sure?
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:13 (eight months ago) link
How do you weirdos even rank albums it just seems very…neurodivergent. I just like stuff without worrying if it’s above or below another album by a completely different artist.
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:13 (eight months ago) link
Don't even need to rank them beyond which 50 make the cut of course. I certainly can't get my head around putting my favorites in some kind of specific order like that either.
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:22 (eight months ago) link
I could do my top 50 albums in the blink of an eye. Everyone would vote Spirit Of Eden and we'd learn nothing
― imago, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:24 (eight months ago) link
― rob, Tuesday, August 22, 2023 9:10 AM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
yea would be fun if we were doing one a week or something in fact that might be a cool community project. as it is idk they all kinda blur together but hey I don't mind
― frogbs, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:24 (eight months ago) link
Next year’s top 50 polls will probably be auto-submitted by Spotify and Apple Music - with no human editorial corrections to the data allowed.
― Dr Drudge (Bob Six), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:24 (eight months ago) link
do we need a second thoughts ilm thread yes we fucking do
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:27 (eight months ago) link
I hate ranking things in lists, these lists are fun because they're casual and unranked. At the very least I'm finding a few albums in each that I've never heard, but that someone thinks is worth listening to at the same level as a bunch of classics.
― Random Restaurateur (Jordan), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:29 (eight months ago) link
This and the Kubrick re-poll...a bad time for the polling industry
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:33 (eight months ago) link
if there is such a thing as neurotypicality then rating and ranking and classifying is absolutely *central* to that project despite impressive levels of projection to the contrary
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:36 (eight months ago) link
there's a ton of reasons why this would be a pointless endeavour for me but other people aren't me and hey, if it makes somebody happy then there are worse things on ILM
i dunno if it has any negative effects on board usability but it's 2023 it's probably a bit late to be fretting about that
― you're a sick man, Buddy Rich (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:37 (eight months ago) link
it's parody time get your drugs out ... do you want to make love to a sad old man
― sarahell, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:37 (eight months ago) link
there are a few Split Enz threads already deems
― rob, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:37 (eight months ago) link
i don't mind the lists either, but feel like it'd be more interesting and spark more discussion if we did like one a week and staggered them instead of one big dump
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:37 (eight months ago) link
fretless base
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:37 (eight months ago) link
I was gonna do one of those top 50s (alphabetical, not ranked) but the minute I thought of 50 I thought of 25 more, so fuck it.
― read-only (unperson), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:38 (eight months ago) link
this feels like kids comparing their football stickers/baseball cards/choose your metaphor tbh
― you're a sick man, Buddy Rich (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:39 (eight months ago) link
yea would get way more discussion that way I think. ultimately I kinda wonder how many people have actually heard a majority of the albums on these lists or if stuff like Remain in Light and Future Days is just gonna win every time. guess we'll find out in a week!!!
― frogbs, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:39 (eight months ago) link
fave 50 spotify decades playlists
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:39 (eight months ago) link
we are living in an era of big dumps
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:41 (eight months ago) link
I'm trying to make a point of listening to stuff that people have included that I have never heard. I thought that was kind of the point, or at least one of the points.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:41 (eight months ago) link
― Dr Drudge (Bob Six), Tuesday, August 22, 2023 9:24 AM (sixteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
see now this is interesting because I suspect there is some POSTURING going on in these lists. show me your iTunes play counts folks lets see what you're really listening to
― frogbs, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:43 (eight months ago) link
Hey Noodle, I'll trade ya two Trout Mask Replicas for a rookie Fables of the Reconstruction.
― Capybara Gibb (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:43 (eight months ago) link
I'm gonna poll my favorite 50 versions of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:43 (eight months ago) link
The poll results are beside the point imo, obviously the most recognizable albums are gonna win in each one, like with all polls. But yeah I hope people check out some of the lesser known stuff, that's the good part.
― Random Restaurateur (Jordan), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:45 (eight months ago) link
I also found the exercise of putting down that many albums I have truly loved to be fun. Made me think about what I really appreciate about this music.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:46 (eight months ago) link
I've got as far as "Cyclops Nuclear Submarine Captain" by Dogbowl, just another 49 to go...
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:47 (eight months ago) link
It's crazy how few 50 albums is
― Random Restaurateur (Jordan), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:48 (eight months ago) link
50 polls otoh ;)
― rob, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:49 (eight months ago) link
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53134770990_3f2ef122bc_h.jpg
― Snoopy is a cat, who lives in a cage (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:56 (eight months ago) link
"hide polls", a box that i've never checked and never will, but might be an option for some people
https://i.imgur.com/QbXuI14.png
― i really like that!! (z_tbd), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:56 (eight months ago) link
we should poll these obtions tbh
― sarahell, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:57 (eight months ago) link
How do you weirdos even rank albums it just seems very…neurodivergent. I just like stuff without worrying if it’s above or below another album by a completely different artist.― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland)
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland)
i'm neurodivergent and ranking albums makes no sense to me, albums are just albums, the album i like most is whatever album i'm listening to, why would i be listening to an album and like another album better?
I'm trying to make a point of listening to stuff that people have included that I have never heard. I thought that was kind of the point, or at least one of the points.― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux)
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux)
jimbeaux i have good news and bad news
the bad news is that i'm not sure you're going to actually be able to find some of the albums on my list. there's some real obscure ones, like _five leaves left_ by this obscure cult folksinger named "nick drake".
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:58 (eight months ago) link
Mmmmkay? Really not sure what to say to that.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 15:00 (eight months ago) link
i read "folkswinger" for a second there and now i have new thread ideas
― you're a sick man, Buddy Rich (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 15:01 (eight months ago) link
who the fuck is nick drake
― i really like that!! (z_tbd), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 15:05 (eight months ago) link
Mmmmkay? Really not sure what to say to that.― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux)
nah it's 10 albums people have heard of like _five leaves left_ and 40 albums of what the fuck /mu/ fake hipster bullshit
imago will either love it or rank on it because there's one album on there that's in The List of 10,000 albums he really fucking hates
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 15:06 (eight months ago) link
rusho I know you like loads of shit that I like too lol
― imago, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 15:08 (eight months ago) link
― i really like that!! (z_tbd), Tuesday, August 22, 2023 8:05 AM (three minutes ago)
that's the guy in the meme right?
― sarahell, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 15:10 (eight months ago) link
just want to state for the record that i love nick drake <3. i haven't taken a look at these polls yet but i am going to find that one and vote for him :)
― i really like that!! (z_tbd), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 15:10 (eight months ago) link
xp i may regret this, but i do want to see the nick drake memes
― i really like that!! (z_tbd), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 15:11 (eight months ago) link
idk maybe i'm more ashamed about this than i should be, i was in my mental health group yesterday and the question of the day is like "what's something you've discovered recently" and i have to either lie or else figure out how to explain "Brain 17" to people
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247227/
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 15:11 (eight months ago) link
xp
https://preview.redd.it/9ue4sat5ugr41.jpg
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 15:12 (eight months ago) link
dammit