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Topic ClosedModern Battle of Albums Poll #28
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Poll Question: pick one!!!
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11 [18.64%]
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Points: 46828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2015 at 19:11
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Kayo Dot is sublime.

Micky have you heard Choirs?  


I've yet to come to this poll yet..  but no I haven't. Not in full. I've heard bits of it, but never all the way through.  It is the only one I haven't of this group... so I'll be doing that when I blow through this poll

I did already vote for the poor 4th in this poll..it needed my vote.. none of the others did...

 but still open to being impressed.  Clap  I'll be checking it out, likely tomorrow


Edited by micky - July 06 2015 at 19:13
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already voted here.. but I'll give Choirs a full listen tomorrow. Thumbs Up
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My lady love this album (and band), and we listen to it quite frequently together. I've been getting her into Yes more, as well.
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Points: 46828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 07 2015 at 11:40
Well it seems we had the Kayo Dot album.. and took it with me to work. Only had time to listen to the first two tracks .. but enjoyed them immensely.

Now back at home, phone is shut off, and going for an uninterrupted listen.  This sounds like something I'm going to love.
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Points: 46828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2015 at 05:20
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Kayo Dot is sublime.

Micky have you heard Choirs?  


great call...  loved it! Clap  Listened to that multiple times yesterday.  Good word for it btw...
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Yay, another convert to KD!Big smile

You'll have fun exploring the rest of their catalogue, Driver has a very distinct compositional style but no two albums are alike.
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Is the composition of these poll groups random?
It's stange to have 4 popular titles here in one spot wile other quartets have at least 3 obscure titles.
It's like having Argentine play Germany in the 16th finals

Anyways, I'll give my vote to Choirs, but the albums from Tool and PT should make final top 20 too probably.


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I need to say: I'm not a tactical voter. So when they put Porcupine Tree in a poll, what else can I do than vote for them?
Otherwise I would have voted vor the great sounding Kayo Dot, or that good band I'd never heard of before: Frogg Cafe.              
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I am sure Micky will provide a thorough explanation of how the groups were formed. He's at work now, but hopefully should be home in a few hours. It should be obvious, in any case, that putting three big-name bands together in the same group was not intentional. We are both big fans of Frogg Cafe, having seen them live twice in the past couple of years, and would not have wanted them to end up last.
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Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

Originally posted by t d wombat t d wombat wrote:

Frogg Cafe ... easy. Waste of a vote I know but I like what I'm hearing.


Well done, sirClap! Easily one of the best albums of the past 10 years, and a fantastic live band to boot. It seems they will have a new album out by the end of the year.
Ooh!  Good news!  I am also one of the 5 (as I type) lonely voters for this one.
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Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

I am sure Micky will provide a thorough explanation of how the groups were formed. He's at work now, but hopefully should be home in a few hours. It should be obvious, in any case, that putting three big-name bands together in the same group was not intentional. We are both big fans of Frogg Cafe, having seen them live twice in the past couple of years, and would not have wanted them to end up last.


It was only meant to be a semi-humorous comment, no criticism whatsoever for the putting together of the brackets, if you got that impression.
Let Micky just have free time instead of explaining things.

No, thing is: I feel a bit self-conscious, often voting in the modern polls for charming new bands, but as soon as an experienced band like Porcupine Tree comes by, I'm off to voting for them.

I think it actually might be good to have some of the biggies in one poll. That gives some of the lively young bands a chance to come through in some other poll, with no biggies.

Frogg Cafe is one of the many (!) charming new bands that I found in the modern polls.   
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Four really strong contestants here. Going with the one that impressed me the most, Frogg Café.
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Points: 46828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2015 at 16:16
Originally posted by Bonnek Bonnek wrote:


Is the composition of these poll groups random?
It's stange to have 4 popular titles here in one spot wile other quartets have at least 3 obscure titles.
It's like having Argentine play Germany in the 16th finals

Anyways, I'll give my vote to Choirs, but the albums from Tool and PT should make final top 20 too probably.


completely random draws

I feel it works better than seeding method we used in the band competition.. which led to a large number of mismatches.. obviously.LOL  Here the voter can have, and has had, some damn hard choices with beloved favorites right from the first poll.

still.. it can be improved upon IMO.. a sort of a mix of the two...and that is how we are going to do it in the next edition of 'highjacking the poll section for months'... which will be coming to the forum this winter.
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Points: 20205 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2015 at 20:14
My favorite PT album doesn't need my help & Frogg Cafe is a goner so I'll vote for my slight favorite of the other 2, Tool.
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