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WOM’s “Classic” Albums!

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Started by Epitome (Dave) in Chit-Chat

Just another idea for us to try, not sure if it’ll work or not though. My idea is, someone nominates an album they consider to be a “classic” - not just good or very good, but one of their absolute favourites. Then the rest of us vote whether we agree or not. Allow a couple of days for the voting, then it if receives more YES than NO, it goes on the WOM Classic Album list! Simples!

So, I’ll get things started with my all-time favourite album:

The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

2 hours of amazing music, surely a classic… although I fear we have a tough crowd on here ;-)

For: 1 *
Against: 0
Abstain: 0 (i.e. for people who haven’t heard it)

So just copy the score bit and add one to whichever applies to you. Any suggestions for a better system are welcomed, but I think this could be an interesting ummm thing and maybe some of us will discover new music we like too :-)

Posted on Mon, 2 August 2010 at 15:58

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g (My Shade Will Comfort you) wrote:

maybe instead of a couple of days a threshold system should be applied. eg whatever it reaches 10 people on first it becomes????

Posted on Mon, 2 August 2010 at 16:01

#2

Alan wrote:

For: 1
Against: 1 (Very good album but not a classic, if it had been a single album it probably would have been, but there’s quite a bit of filler across 2)
Abstain: 0

Posted on Mon, 2 August 2010 at 16:03

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Epitome (Dave) wrote:

gimme back my brainsaw wrote:

maybe instead of a couple of days a threshold system should be applied. eg whatever it reaches 10 people on first it becomes????

Well, I was thinking something like that, but with some albums, there might be a lot of abstaining due to people not having heard the suggested album. For example I almost recommended a Minsk album, but probably only a couple of people would’ve heard it… I dunno though, I guess we’ll see how the voting goes for the first few and adapt the system to what seems best :-)

Posted on Mon, 2 August 2010 at 16:11 in reply to an earlier post

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MisterHoppy (Jamie) wrote:

For: 1
Against: 1
Abstain: 1 (I love this album but a classic it is not, Siamese Dream, now THAT is a classic)

Posted on Mon, 2 August 2010 at 16:39

#5

hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

Does that not mean you are against it being a ‘classic’, rather than you’re abstaining?

Posted on Mon, 2 August 2010 at 18:16

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TheSingularity101 (Dr. Rick Dagless, M.D) wrote:

For: 1
Against: 2
Abstain: 1

Saw them in 1995, as has been said, far better as a single album (it would be more fun to pick out the, say 14 songs, that would make a ‘classic’ single album). And Corgan’s voice irritates me in equal measure.

Posted on Mon, 2 August 2010 at 18:28

#7

Dermot wrote:

For: 2
Against: 2
Abstain: 1

I agree that there’s a lot of filler on there but it’s still a fantastic album and the best punpkins album imo. I got it for Christmas 1998 when I was 16 so it holds a lot of memories as well. Saw them live a couple of years ago and they were fantastic. Definitely prefer the heavier songs on it

Posted on Mon, 2 August 2010 at 18:54

#8

Epitome (Dave) wrote:

Corgan’s mid-90s voice is my favourite voice of any singer. And I don’t know what people consider filler on MCIS… well, maybe Lily and James’s song Take Me Down, but the rest are all amazing and the two I mentioned aren’t too bad really. Still, I did expect this to flunk, so here we go :-P

Posted on Mon, 2 August 2010 at 18:55

#9

realityfuck (Richard Splash) wrote:

For: 3
Against: 2
Abstain: 1

Posted on Mon, 2 August 2010 at 19:47

#10

mfgeorge wrote:

For: 3
Against: 3
Abstain” 1

Posted on Mon, 2 August 2010 at 20:02

#11

Divers (Simon) wrote:

For: 3
Against: 4
Abstain” 1

Posted on Mon, 2 August 2010 at 20:07

#12

Taunty Dan wrote:

For: 3
Against: 5 (great album, classic? Not for me. Siamese Dream, on the other hand…)
Abstain: 1

Posted on Mon, 2 August 2010 at 20:32

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man-fish (Sean McLastname) wrote:

For: 4 (hur hur)
Against: 5
Abstain: 1

I still prefer Gish, but Mellon Collie is a fantastic album if you take the time to listen to it all in one go.

Posted on Mon, 2 August 2010 at 20:57

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Gav wrote:

For: 5
Against: 5
Abstain

I don’t think its their best, but I still think its a classic. It was a pretty big leap from Siamese Dream and I think it was a pretty bold move. Its also the last thing they did of any worth.

Posted on Mon, 2 August 2010 at 22:15

#15

Gav wrote:

whoops

For: 5
Against: 5
Abstain: 1

Posted on Mon, 2 August 2010 at 22:15

#16

Epitome (Dave) wrote:

Well, I suppose that means Mellon Collie was one vote away from being a WOM classic? You bastards ;-)

Anyone want to nominate another album?

Posted on Wed, 4 August 2010 at 18:25

#17

man-fish (Sean McLastname) wrote:

How about Bossanova by the Pixies?

Posted on Wed, 4 August 2010 at 19:38

#18

Gav wrote:

For: 1
Against: 0
Abstain: 0

Posted on Wed, 4 August 2010 at 19:54

#19

man-fish (Sean McLastname) wrote:

For: 2
Against: 0
Abstain: 0

Posted on Wed, 4 August 2010 at 20:10

#20

Divers (Simon) wrote:

Any pixies album is
For: 3
Against: 0
Abstain: 0

Posted on Thu, 5 August 2010 at 05:31

#21

Dermot wrote:

Heh, I was listening to this album at the weekend for literally the first time in *years*. Definitely a classic

For: 4
Against: 0
Abstain: 0

Posted on Thu, 5 August 2010 at 07:27

#22

MisterHoppy (Jamie) wrote:

For: 5
Against: 0
Abstain: 0

Posted on Thu, 5 August 2010 at 16:58

#23

Epitome (Dave) wrote:

Every Pixies album has a couple of tracks I’m not keen on. It has lots I think are great, but I can’t call it a classic.

For: 5
Against: 1
Abstain: 0

Posted on Thu, 5 August 2010 at 17:06

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