I Took a Pollgirl for my Wife - The Luke Haines Poll

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Having recently read 'Bad Vibes' I'm more certain than ever that I never want to meet him. Despite being a complete bounder I still love much of his work. Which one does ILM love most of all, if any?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
New Wave (The Auteurs, 1993)	6
After Murder Park (The Auteurs, 1995)	6
Now I'm a Cowboy (The Auteurs, 1994)	4
The Facts of Life (Black Box Recorder, 2000)	4
Baader Meinhof (Baader Meinhof, 1996)	2
Passionoia (Black Box Recorder, 2003)	1
Luke Haines is Dead (Luke Haines, 2003)	0
Das Capital (Luke Haines, 2003)	0
The Worst Of Black Box Recorder (Black Box Recorder, 2001)	0
The Oliver Twist Manifesto (Luke Haines, 2001)	0
Christie Malry's Own Double Entry OST (Luke Haines, 2001)	0
How I Learned To Love The Bootboys (The Auteurs, 1999)	0
England Made Me (Black Box Recorder, 1999)	0
Off My Rocker At The Art School Bop (Luke Haines, 2006)	0

― featuring Strawberry and the Shortcakes (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 14:27 (seventeen years ago)

Ignored his work with The Servants as it's not really part of his canon.

Most likely I'll go with something by BBR as Sarah Nixey sweetens what can be quite an astringent taste sometimes.

― featuring Strawberry and the Shortcakes (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 14:29 (seventeen years ago)

i voted facts of life, but i suspect new wave will be the one that i come back to the most

― lorax enforcement officer (electricsound), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

New Wave is superb (I like Christgau's description of it as Pet Shop Boys as a guitar band), but I love the tougher sound of Now I'm a Cowboy.

― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 00:04 (seventeen years ago)

How I Learned To Love The Bootboys equal favourite with After Murder Park.

― Tim F, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 00:24 (seventeen years ago)

I love pretty much everything he does. But the Auteurs records always have a few clunkers intermixed with the Godlike genius songs. So Facts Of Life for me.

For such a grumpy dude, he's got a way with melody, though. Right now I'm particularly partial to Fighting In the City Tonight, from his last record. That should be a hit.

― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 04:25 (seventeen years ago)

This is a bitch poll but I will swing the 3 vote majority by sticking to Now I'm a Cowboy.

― Passantino Complexion (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 04:27 (seventeen years ago)

murder

― EMPIRE STATE HYMEN (MPx4A), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 09:43 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Monday, 20 April 2009 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

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

― System, Tuesday, 21 April 2009 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

three years pass...

oh man do i love these albums.

― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 17:39 (thirteen years ago)

Me too

― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 23:15 (thirteen years ago)

eight years pass...

Happy birthday..

Can't believe this thread's dead.

― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 October 2021 15:35 (four years ago)

Need to dig these out again. BBR had some gooduns. I listened to Bootboys loads at the time but can barely remember a track without looking it up.

― kinder, Thursday, 7 October 2021 16:12 (four years ago)

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