The Young Marble Giants Colossal Youth poll

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Have we really not done this? I’m guessing there’s no strong consensus but I’d love to be proven wrong.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
"Wurlitzer Jukebox"	9
"Brand - New - Life"	5
"Salad Days"	5
"Eating Noddemix”	4
"N.I.T.A."	4
"Music for Evenings"	3
"Credit in the Straight World"	3
"Searching for Mr. Right"	2
"Constantly Changing"	2
"Colossal Youth"	1
"Wind in the Rigging"	1
"The Man Amplifier"	0
"Choci Loni"	0
"The Taxi"	0
"Include Me Out"	0

― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Monday, 30 September 2019 02:12 (five years ago) link

Sometimes I say this is my favorite album.

I voted for Brand New Life.

― treeship., Monday, 30 September 2019 02:24 (five years ago) link

This will require some reflection.

― The Hillbilly Chespirito (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 30 September 2019 02:25 (five years ago) link

Could have also picked Music for Evenings

― treeship., Monday, 30 September 2019 02:27 (five years ago) link

I’ve been hurt before
Sorrow knocking on my door
Heyyyyy

― treeship., Monday, 30 September 2019 16:25 (five years ago) link

Can't believe this hasn't been done already. But reassessments are sometimes a good thing.

― Duke, Monday, 30 September 2019 16:57 (five years ago) link

Struck by the fact that I have no idea. Real high level parity across the album, I think.

― timellison, Monday, 30 September 2019 18:59 (five years ago) link

ditto

― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 15:32 (five years ago) link

final day is prob deservedly regarded as their best song, but it's not on the album so...i have no idea what to choose

― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 15:35 (five years ago) link

ILM achieves a first in opinions-not-having-about-beloved-album SHOCKAH

― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 15:36 (five years ago) link

nvm it's wurlitzer jukebox

― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 16:02 (five years ago) link

I always thought Stereolab had a little YMG in them. "N.I.T.A." could totally be a Stereolab song.

― timellison, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 20:33 (five years ago) link

N.I.T.A. is apparently their most played on spotify!

wurlitzer jukebox is great i agree

― treeship., Tuesday, 1 October 2019 21:14 (five years ago) link

I can totally hear “The Man Amplifier” or “Eating Noddemix” done inna MAQ krautrock stylee.

― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:25 (five years ago) link

I have decided on "Eating Noddemix."

Close: "N.I.T.A.," "The Man Amplifier," "Wurlitzer Jukebox."

― timellison, Friday, 4 October 2019 02:32 (five years ago) link

Extraordinary album.

― timellison, Friday, 4 October 2019 02:32 (five years ago) link

Third place for me: "Credit in the Straight World," "Colossal Youth," "Choci Loni"

Fourth place: "Include Me Out," "Constantly Changing"

― timellison, Friday, 4 October 2019 04:11 (five years ago) link

Tough call between N.I.T.A and Wurlitzer Jukebox for me. N.I.T.A was the song that got me into them, but I've watched this footage of them doing Wurlitzer Jukebox so many times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc45z7uCWFM

Perfect album. Perfect band.

― kitchen person, Friday, 4 October 2019 04:18 (five years ago) link

Salad Days

― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Friday, 4 October 2019 04:26 (five years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Wednesday, 9 October 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link

Wurlitzer Jukebox.

― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 00:26 (five years ago) link

i just voted, i don't remember what song i voted for, they're all good

― Spironolactone T. Agnew (rushomancy), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 00:41 (five years ago) link

That’s the spirit!

(I don’t remember what I voted for either)

― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 01:05 (five years ago) link

"Constantly Changing" - aptly titled as I could have voted for any of 11 or 12 tracks.

― Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 07:05 (five years ago) link

Always loved salad days, one of the best riffs definitely

― plax (ico), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 07:46 (five years ago) link

Could have voted for almost anything otherwise

― plax (ico), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 07:46 (five years ago) link

"Constantly Changing" - aptly titled as I could have voted for any of 11 or 12 tracks.

Yeah, me too

― Beware of Mr. Blecch, er...what? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 20:01 (five years ago) link

Yeah, I keep coming back to this poll, trying to choose, and I just can't. It needs all the parts to make the whole.

― A breezy pop-rock feel fairly typical of the mid-'80s (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 20:13 (five years ago) link

Just stuck my finger into the dartboard and voted

― Beware of Mr. Blecch, er...what? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 22:08 (five years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Thursday, 10 October 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link

Leaning "N.I.T.A.", but I could go with just about anything. This is the best album ever.

― jmm, Thursday, 10 October 2019 00:13 (five years ago) link

Choci Loni and Include Me Out deserved better

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 10 October 2019 02:51 (five years ago) link

Wow, much more support for WJ than I had anticipated. Nice turnout too!

― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Thursday, 10 October 2019 04:33 (five years ago) link

one month passes...

Has this been posted before? 44 minutes, live footage from 1980 -
https://vimeo.com/139523056

― christopher.ivan, Monday, 11 November 2019 13:35 (five years ago) link

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