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I have a feeling Starfish will win because it's the (only) one most people know. I don't like the idea of waiting until Christmas for the results, though. ;)

You left off Box Of Birds and all the extra track albums

I have a feeling Starfish will win because it's the (only) one most people know.

There's a substantial number of Priest = Aura fans here.

To understate.

I have a feeling Starfish will win because it's the (only) one most people know.

Alternatively, it might win because there's a strong argument that it is, song for song, their finest album. I unreservedly adore everything they've ever done (with the exception of Seance, which is a bit meh), but I still think that Starfish is, as the Time Being might put it Himself, apotheosis-ville.
I mean, f**k, Destination, Hotel Womb... (head explodes.)

sorry about box of birds. i'm pretty much a church neophyte. are those extra-track dealies big oversights, too?

sorry about box of birds. i'm pretty much a church neophyte. are those extra-track dealies big oversights, too?

Remote Luxury, and Back With Two Beasts certainly belong.

Seance. I didn't even have to think about that one. It's still my favourite.

No Quick Smoke at Spot's, no credibility.

But having said that, Priest = Aura for mine.

Voted Heyday becuz it's awesome and hasn't been mentioned yet

No Quick Smoke at Spot's, no credibility.

Get up to speed man! AQSAS is no longer necessary now because all those tracks are collected on the 2xCD reissues.

voted heyday but admittedly i only know 3 of their albums.

priest=aura=priest=aura=priest=aura=priest=aura

I'll go with The Blurred Crusade, the first album I heard of theirs and still my favorite. Is this the case for anyone else? First heard is best?

First heard is best?

My first heard was Heyday and is still my sentimental favorite (purchased the LP right after I saw them blow Echo & The Bunnymen completely off the stage). Still, I voted P=A

I first heard Priest = Aura which is my second favourite after Hologram of Baal. Then it would be Heydey and Starfish tied.

starfish. i was pretty disappointed with the three albums that followed and haven't heard the ones that came after that. blurred crusade would be #2

so difficult here - but I'll go with Priest.

sorry about box of birds. i'm pretty much a church neophyte.

A Box of Birds, while no masterpiece, does contain at least one example of that rare beast: the cover version that is hugely superior to its antecedant. I'm talking about The Endless Sea here, which is an absolute must-hear. Kilbey sings it better than Iggy, his bassline subtly improves on the original, and the dual-Ebow passages that bookend the first verse are sublimely haunting and ominous.

Fuck, why does this poll last until December?

I have a feeling Starfish will win because it's the (only) one most people know.

Alternatively, it might win because there's a strong argument that it is, song for song, their finest album.

^^^THIS!

It's gonna make me so happy if P=A wins. Then we'll know we have banded together as Church fiends and spoke the gospel to the world good and proper!

Bimble, it's obvious there are better albums in the Church catalog than Priest. I'd argue it with you, but we're both probably drunk (I am!) So fuck it.

Bimble, it's obvious there are better albums in the Church catalog than Priest.

Questionable logic from someone who voted Blurred Crusade.

BHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA!!!! PWNED

Starfish is booooooooooooring to listen to all the way through though I like many of the tracks as separate entities

early Church is where it's at IMO

I saw a video of these guys once and they were insufferably hyper and dorky (which is a pretty funny thing for *me* to complain about). But that said, awesome band as far as I can tell from the limited amount I've heard of them.

Yeah yeah, Priest is awesome too, I know. But simply put, they never topped The Blurred Crusade. It hits hard with the opening track and never lets up.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

I swear this thing just let me post twice, because I'm pretty sure I already voted for the awesomeness that is Seance.

Or am I thinking of another poll?

there was this

Favourite album by The Church...poll closes May 8

What in the living fuck? A Church poll is closing tomorrow that was started three months ago! Oh shit! One of my fave bands in the universe, those guys.

You know, Elvis Telecom told me the other night he has been working on a 33 1/3 style essay about Priest = Aura! I thought that was remarkable.

I wouldn't rep for Seance as a best Church album but there are pieces of Seance that randomly come into my head to this day for no apparent reason even after 20 years or whatever. "Electric", "Electric Lash", but especially "It's No Reason" & "Now, I Wonder Why", yeah those are the two biggies from that one for me. "Travel By Thought" gets major bonus points for being truly a risk-taking song for them, though.

xpost w/Electricsound, sorry

Yeah I was kindof shocked we hadn't done this before, actually, Jim. I'm so glad we've cleared this up. Maybe I don't have such a bad memory after all.

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

Fuck.

A fine and proper result I can agree with.

Why in the name of all that is holy did such a TERRIBLE album as Heyday place so high?

i was hoping this thread was about 2008's most successful sub-board

Hey, there is nothing wrong with Heyday. Nothing. Took me awhile to really "get" Tantalized, though.

What I find interesting is the difference between Starfish's low placement in the other poll and how well it did here.

Heyday's a decent album. Not sure why anyone would take issue with it, unless they hate the whole Teardrop Explodes horn stuff they get into.

Their cover of "Hounds of Love" is pretty nifty. The truth of this reminded me of their cover of the Monkees' "The Porpoise Song" and brings me to this question: favorite covers they've done?

! One of my favourite bands covering one of my favourite songs! Where can their take on Hounds of Love be heard?
For the reasons I outlined above (under a different pseudonym), their version of The Endless Sea is my favourite of their covers.

Really like their cover of "Hiroshima Mon Amour," but I've also been digging their version of "Wide Open Road." "Hounds Of Love" is on the Coffee Hounds single.

Once during a soundtrack, they covered "Don't Fear The Reaper" - terrific cover and apparently a version of it was recorded for A Box Of Birds but it was deleted at the last minute.

Still want to hear a recording of that Christmas show from years back that was filled with Pink Floyd and Hawkwind covers.

Vast Halo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDiXZvpKcCM

and thanks for the info, E.T.

steve kilbey aria hall of fame acceptance speech

worth a watch

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=158396410867957

^ Hahahahaha. "We've tried so hard to be aloof and enigmatic..."