ILM favourites that are otherwise mostly considered flops or disappointments

only one of these albums still sounds like the future of rock music

Steely Dan it is, then.

METAL MACHINE MUSIC YOU NORDIC PSYCHO.

haha i need to get more steely dan, don't i?

Voted "The Visitors" myself. It may not today, but it sounded a lot more like the future (not too mention present) of music than us young people growing up were willing to realize back then.

Gaucho is like what super advanced Star Trek androids will make.

You mean super advance Star Trek androids are all skilled musicians who are heavily into jazz? ;)

those ones

I mean you could probably put a chip in for that

Boring poll.

They're all boring

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steely dan ^^^^

Fagen's never looked better

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ok the one on the left is Becker

I voted for Pulp myself -- and I actually haven't heard about 4-5 albums on this list, but I feel confident saying that Pulp was the *VERY BEST* album that came out that year, to me at least -- and I can't really say that about anything else I've heard on the list, whereas the ones I haven't heard are all from years that I'd guess are 99.9 percent likely to fall below something else that year -- so Pulp it is.

this is one of those moments where you realise that geir is actually a genius

Geir is a genus.

I originally clicked on this thread just to vote for "Second Coming", but HAD to switch to "13" once I saw it. It may not be blur's "greatest" (in a sense of importance), but it is by far their best and most masterfully crafted.

but WTF: "We Love Life" was considered a flop or dsappointment? I thought it got strong reviews? I've always favored it to "Different Class"...

I read Geir's original question, then my eyes drift towards:

Duran Duran: Big Thing
Human League: Romantic?

you forgot Queen II

also, was Visitors actually a flop? I know it was a #1 record in the UK (tho don't know total sales)

Is 13 liked much by ILM? I hadn't noticed, particularly.

This is an unusually reflective poll from Geir.

Geir is a genus.

agree, this is a great idea for a poll.

so many great albums but have to go with Pulp's We Love Life.

Let's Dance is a funny choice to me - isn't the one after that the one that was a complete and total flop? But otherwise not a terrible list, Geir. I'm honor-bound to vote for my main man McCartney, in any case. I have a different favorite song on that record every time I listen to it (currently, the tinny, canned-weird version of "Coming Up" is in ascendancy).

doesn't Neil Young's Trans get a lotta love around here?

sorta
Neil Young's TRANS: An Underrated Masterpiece, or Justly Ignored?

David Bowie: Let's Dance -- wasn't that a big hit commercially, at least in the USA?

yes, it was quite a big hit, critical reaction was mixed but not that bad

we love life got really good reviews. it's just probably got less of a profile than the two records the band put out before it.

i was about to vote for it, but then my hand did a peculiar thing and shifted in the direction of second coming...

What is the actual question here? Do we vote for our favourite album from the list, or the one we think has been the biggest flop/disappointment in the real world?

yes.

you forgot Queen II

That album is about to be generally rehabilitated now. It isn't just an ILM thing.

also, was Visitors actually a flop? I know it was a #1 record in the UK (tho don't know total sales)

When compared to the rest of their output it was. It had only huge big hit single, "One Of Us", while the following singles all flopped more or less.

Let's Dance is a funny choice to me - isn't the one after that the one that was a complete and total flop?

It was an enormous commercial success, also received some decent reviews, but has in retrospect kind of gained a stature as the beginning of the end of Bowie quality-wise, both among fans and critics.

And "Scary Monsters" surely didn't flop.

The one after Let's Dance was Tonight.

Dazzle Ships is such a great record. It must've been puzzling to OMD when everyone wrote it off. Why? It's as good as 'Dare' or 'Penthouse and Pavement', and that means it's REALLY good.

Hasn't Dazzle Ships (and OMD's career up to that point) been rehabilitated and placed in the cult classic category? I thought it had.

With that in mind, I vote Beauty Stab!

Some fine selectoins, but I'll have to go with `TC's Big Express.

I recall XTC's _The Big Express_ got great reviews when it was released, not sure why it's on this list. _Mummer_ received a much more lukewarm reception.

Erotica, although cognoscenti knew it was her best.

this is a rather geir-skewed view of what ILM likes.

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I don't understand this category at all.

I mean, an album is for *you*. Whether anyone else likes it, who cares.

I like (heck, love), about 75% of the list, so I'm not voting.

Worst poll evah? Or worst Geir poll evah? Or are those the same thing?

They are the same thing, but this is not it.

this is a rather geir-skewed view of what ILM likes.

-- bnw, Thursday, August 9, 2007 10:24 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

this is like geir skewed ilm of 2002

Erotica by leaps and bounds!

OMD

The correct Stones inclusion would have been Emotional Rescue.

I mean, an album is for *you*. Whether anyone else likes it, who cares.

Yeah, right, this is why we post to ILM. ;-)

ILM favorites that are otherwise considered mostly flops or disappointments=Geir Hongro.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

The correct Stones inclusion would have been Emotional Rescue.

INDEED. I would have almost voted for it, if Gaucho wasn't on there.

Let's Dance is a funny choice to me

same here -- doesn't most of his 80's stuff pale in comparison? I mean, it's no 70's Bowie, but it's hardly maligned.

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

not a-fucking-gain

SRSLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE

Should have been the Style Council

I'm curious which of these still sounds like "the future of rock music," Jaggermeister?

xpost

pretty sure he meant Blur,` hoos

nonsense. paul mccartney all the way.

Where's Electric Mud?

This list makes no fucking sense at all.