I just didn't have time to listen to collaborative LPs, sadly.Did nobody vote for Change The Weather then?
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:40 (four years ago) link
* played in situ 2017, released as purchase for charity 2019
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:40 (four years ago) link
Did nobody vote for Change The Weather then?
whoa we're really asking for spoilers this early?
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:41 (four years ago) link
Surprise #1?
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:42 (four years ago) link
I listed it. and got piled on really bad in the voting thread for mentioning itbut I will continue tohttps://youtu.be/nxdNS8WNSOY
― maffew12, Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:43 (four years ago) link
Stand Up isn't bad exactly, but that video! Just because you've had a hit in Australia doesn't mean you need to turn into Midnight Oil.
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:47 (four years ago) link
btw nice writeup at top, sic. That "two people..." business that was in the Listen To Their No copy is too sweet.
― maffew12, Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:48 (four years ago) link
10. RIVERRUN 77 points, 8 votes 2005-2006 digital EP and physical singles project, approx 90 minutes in most common form New Underworld EP Release: 'Pizza For Eggs'
https://i.imgur.com/f6KFBcF.jpg
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:51 (four years ago) link
Only 8 votes? Did some people decide to go tracks or movements only since it's not really an "album"? Whatever. Love it all together but didn't come up with much from it in my track ballot at the end.
― maffew12, Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:55 (four years ago) link
My #10. Ending of Pizza For Eggs is the best bit.
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:56 (four years ago) link
#6 here
― maffew12, Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:57 (four years ago) link
i voted for it pretty high
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:59 (four years ago) link
it's alright sober too
― maffew12, Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:02 (four years ago) link
I didn't cross-reference the ballots, but I assume most people chose to either vote per "song," per EP-as-track, or in albums for Riverrun*... but also it's just way less known, and was one of their least-visible projects to begin with.
*though I did one of each
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:05 (four years ago) link
9. BARKING 142 points, 6 votes 2010 Cooking Vinyl 2xLP, 54 minutes Top chart position: #26, UK Underworld - Barking (Sept 13 2010)
https://i.imgur.com/jnO5oC8.jpg
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:09 (four years ago) link
(slightly) too low!
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:10 (four years ago) link
Too many songs with the same palette and purpose was this album's undoing for me. Hamburg Hotel possibly my favourite thing on it as a result.
― nashwan, Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:16 (four years ago) link
Not meaning to undersell the evident variety of at least 50% of it.
― nashwan, Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:18 (four years ago) link
Rediscovered "Between Stars" here. I loved "Scribble" at the time but now I get the fan love for "You Do Scribble" over the single/vocal version. Massive track. I had the album at an even lower rank, but still so much to love. Crazy.
― maffew12, Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:21 (four years ago) link
Crazy.
― maffew12, Thursday, June 4, 2020 2:21 PM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
crazy crazy crazy crazy crazy
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:28 (four years ago) link
hey my internet is back! guess my hacking the results joke led to some bad webkarma
huge points jump from 11 to 9!* (*i don't pretend to know how points work)
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:29 (four years ago) link
love Barking and I agree 9 is too low but idk what I'd bump for it
― frogbs, Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:31 (four years ago) link
i had it at 4 but i think i was being challopsy putting it above 2 stone cold classics
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:34 (four years ago) link
the version of Barking that exists only in my head is definitely one of their best albums though
― frogbs, Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:34 (four years ago) link
so, who's been to Barking?
― maffew12, Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:36 (four years ago) link
I voted for Riverrun, I hadn't heard any of it prior to this poll but as a whole thing I like it more than any of the proper post-'90s albums.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:38 (four years ago) link
i've been to barking for years WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:43 (four years ago) link
What's the version in your head like?
― maffew12, Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:46 (four years ago) link
8. A HUNDRED DAYS OFF 160 points, 7 votes 2002 JBO/V2 2xLP, 62 mins Top chart position: #6, Belgium Underworld: a hundred days off, leftism part II
https://i.imgur.com/n6DthPk.jpg
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:47 (four years ago) link
ooh now that's really too low. my #4
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:48 (four years ago) link
rated PG for some pretty sinister beats
― maffew12, Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:50 (four years ago) link
underrated record that i've personally underrated in the past that remains underrated
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:51 (four years ago) link
Cruel, cruel math
― maffew12, Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:52 (four years ago) link
this is one of the ones that just gets lost in the shuffle for me (aside from the incredible sort-of title track) but thats prob on me
fun fact: this album cover makes a cameo in, of all movies, EUROTRIP
https://i.imgur.com/HSbh6Rx.png
I guess scotty doesn't know......... ABOUT ALL THE OTHER GREAT RECORDS IN THEIR CATALOGUE
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:55 (four years ago) link
It was just the newest at the time. The math works.
― maffew12, Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:56 (four years ago) link
ALAF with the groovy bassline, You Do Scribble with vocals, Diamond Jigsaw with the synth, and the original Moon in Water
― frogbs, Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:00 (four years ago) link
Barking (Mad Version)nice!
― maffew12, Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:02 (four years ago) link
7. EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING 162 points, 13 votes 2000 live DVD, 101 minutes Top chart position: #12, Netherlands https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boar did=41&threadid=19530
https://i.imgur.com/wfEPIib.jpg
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:05 (four years ago) link
& Strumpet instead of Bird 1. Bird 1 is good, but it's not as good as Strumpet live was.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:12 (four years ago) link
everything everything too low
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:15 (four years ago) link
agreed
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:16 (four years ago) link
Don't blame me it was my number 1!!! Probably the reason I got as into underworld as I did
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:18 (four years ago) link
6. BARBARA, BARBARA, WE FACE A SHINING FUTURE 174 points, 16 votes 2016 Caroline LP, 45 mins Top chart position: #7, Belgium Underworld - Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future (Coming March 18, 2016)
https://i.imgur.com/gDaWWvF.jpg
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:26 (four years ago) link
Aren't # of #1's usually indicated? You got hacked, Will!It's fantastic but it's still a live album... I couldn't put it ahead of much of any original material.from here it gets really interesting!
― maffew12, Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:28 (four years ago) link
expected but too low!!!!
― maffew12, Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:29 (four years ago) link
practically a reunion album, the start of this phase. The joy of it. Love all of it.
― maffew12, Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:30 (four years ago) link
LOVE Barbara Barbara, I exhale is humongous
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:34 (four years ago) link
practically a reunion album, the start of this phase. The joy of it.
Yes, I've noticed that they talked about it like that - though they'd been working on lots of projects that came out of the Underworld office, and played live still*, this was the first time they'd either made music together or been good friends in six years. And the floodgates opened!
* though in Karl's new preferred festival-format shows
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Thursday, 4 June 2020 22:43 (four years ago) link
Any speculation about what's going to place in the top five?
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Thursday, 4 June 2020 23:02 (four years ago) link
well no
― maffew12, Thursday, 4 June 2020 23:04 (four years ago) link
boring finish
i think this poll ended the same way, by combining Rez and Cowgirl's votes?
The real answer is Rez.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 12 January 2024 19:51 (eight months ago) link
is Hyde not the "nice little vest, light" guy?
I really don't think so, idk who it is though. I thought it was just some overheard conversation Karl recorded, iirc he used to carry around tape recorders a lot in those days which is where a lot of the weird dialogue you hear in UW tunes comes from
― frogbs, Friday, 12 January 2024 19:58 (eight months ago) link
though it could be Rick as well? I remember once upon a time he did a sound installation for something which was mostly ambient music but there was a really cool aspect to it, he was using these emotionless robot-sounding voices that seemed to be having real mundane conversations, almost as though he had recorded like 15 minutes worth of small talk over dinner and input every word into a text-to-speech app, it sounded pretty unnerving actually
― frogbs, Friday, 12 January 2024 20:04 (eight months ago) link
Most Ospitable is so great, still can't believe that it wasn't until the poll that I acquainted with it properly.
― nashwan, Friday, 12 January 2024 23:37 (eight months ago) link
What is "Wedge/Showlder" ? Google not giving me any results
― I am using your worlds, Saturday, 13 January 2024 08:45 (eight months ago) link
they're tracks on i'm a big sister...
― ufo, Saturday, 13 January 2024 13:10 (eight months ago) link
I still think “If Rah” is the Barbara track of choice
― the new drip king (DJP), Saturday, 13 January 2024 14:52 (eight months ago) link
I don't have much of a problem with that list ... or at least I don't have much of a problem with its top 8
― Wack Snyder (Eric H.), Saturday, 13 January 2024 14:58 (eight months ago) link
If Rah is boneheaded trash imo. It’s jock jams / big beat shit to my ears. This list was pretty trash too actually. First 8 are ok, the rest are from someone who must have lost the ability to hear or they are intentionally trolling.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 13 January 2024 15:20 (eight months ago) link
i feel that way about Dinosaur Adventure 3D, though i loved it at the time.i like the sentiment of a completely alternate top 20, above, but cmon the heavy hitters are undeniable
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 13 January 2024 15:41 (eight months ago) link
Yeah I mean an alternate top 20 wouldn't necessarily be 100% accurate, my own number one would probably be Juanita/Kiteless/To Dream of Love.
My top 20 might lean slightly more on OWB and BBWHASF.
― omar little, Saturday, 13 January 2024 17:22 (eight months ago) link
― I am using your worlds, Saturday, January 13, 2024 2:45 AM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxK7AyNMUBQ
the entire EP is very much worth a listen but the bit I'm referring to starts around 15:00
― frogbs, Saturday, 13 January 2024 17:36 (eight months ago) link
also very much recommend the first two tracks on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2Y6KBSukHU
and this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-CyQ6pAgrk
hints at a more New Wavey direction they could've gone in but didn't. always cemented for me how different these guys were than the rest of the 90s UK dance scene, none of 'em would've come up with tracks like this
― frogbs, Saturday, 13 January 2024 17:42 (eight months ago) link
Ah thanks. I have the riverrun eps downloaded, but hadn’t split and tagged the individual tracks. I’ll listen again.
― I am using your worlds, Saturday, 13 January 2024 17:52 (eight months ago) link
Wish these were cds that were widely available rather than 192kb mp3s
― I am using your worlds, Saturday, 13 January 2024 17:55 (eight months ago) link
Yeah I mean an alternate top 20 wouldn't necessarily be 100% accurate, my own number one would probably be Juanita/Kiteless/To Dream of LoveTurns out your number one is 100% accurate omar
― groovypanda, Saturday, 13 January 2024 18:58 (eight months ago) link
I couldn't even stomach a fully alternate top twenty, I'd be lying to myself and God without that one at the top.
― omar little, Saturday, 13 January 2024 19:02 (eight months ago) link
looked back at my ballot and had completely forgotten "beautiful burnout" was my no. 1. i'm right
would put "peach tree" at no. 2 these days tho
― ivy., Saturday, 13 January 2024 19:21 (eight months ago) link
despite what i said yesterday, Juanita was my #1 toohmm, you could put Juanita 2022 on top as kind of a cheat for your alt list. in isolation (not putting on STITI) i prefer it!
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 13 January 2024 20:53 (eight months ago) link
an alternate top 20, off the top of my head:
Thing in a BookMost 'OspitableOich OichCherry PieBanstyle/Sappy's CurryMo MoveLuetinFood a Ready/Back in the FearsPeach TreeWedge/ShowlderHolding the MothFaxed InvitationBetween StarsBird 1You Do ScribbleOva NovaParcGet Your ShirtCustard SpeedtalkListen to their No
― frogbs, Saturday, 13 January 2024 21:02 (eight months ago) link
can we redo this poll so i can put "denver luna" in my top 20
― ivy., Friday, 19 January 2024 17:18 (eight months ago) link
ok
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 19 January 2024 17:19 (eight months ago) link
I too will try to game how to make "Tin There" place higher if we repoll
― badpee pooper (Eric H.), Friday, 19 January 2024 17:24 (eight months ago) link
you wanna know something crazy I played "Custard Speedtalk" during my DJ set yesterday and someone correctly identified it as "the guy from Freur", adding "it's too bad he passed away"
― frogbs, Friday, 19 January 2024 18:17 (eight months ago) link
OMG, lol!
― groovypanda, Friday, 19 January 2024 19:15 (eight months ago) link
Whilst I love both tracks, I'm still bitter that Rez and Cowgirl's votes were combined
― groovypanda, Friday, 19 January 2024 19:16 (eight months ago) link
I spent most of the drive home trying to figure out who he could've been thinking of and my best guess is Keith Flint
― frogbs, Friday, 19 January 2024 20:07 (eight months ago) link