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    Posted: July 04 2015 at 10:57
Poll #31.  One vote, top 2 vote getters move on to 2nd round. Vote for the album people.. not the group. If you don't know the album, ask, google, youtube it. Lots of great music here man...

From N.Y.C. baby

The Swans!!!



From England

Cardiacs!!!



From England

Diagonal!!



From California

Kevin Gilbert!!


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2015 at 10:59
Know the first two but not the last two. Be back.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2015 at 11:11
Why oh why are Swans and Cardiacs together in a poll?! *weeps and laughs*
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2015 at 11:58
Originally posted by LearsFool LearsFool wrote:

Why oh why are Swans and Cardiacs together in a poll?! *weeps and laughs*


hah..  I feel your pain.. been there several times already in other polls

well those are the 2 I need to check out from this poll...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2015 at 13:22
Originally posted by LearsFool LearsFool wrote:

Why oh why are Swans and Cardiacs together in a poll?! *weeps and laughs*


yup, love Swans, but man its Cardiacs!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2015 at 19:45
So, Diagonal and Gilbert did little for me. For me its between Cardiacs and Swans. Cardiacs probably wont need my help so I'll go to the Swans. Great album.




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2015 at 10:24
SWANS - Very nostalgic album for me regarding my days in Toronto in the late 90's. Sometimes that alone overpowers quality when it comes to poll voting. Cardiacs may arguably be the better album (not better than the SWANS best though), but Soundtracks wins here...played that thing so many times on a rooftop garden overlooking Lake Ontario and the islands...often in the presence of old sunbathers who were not amused or simply horrified.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2015 at 10:38
i want to vote for both cardiacs and swans but if I'm truthful, its gotta be cardiacs
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2015 at 11:19
SWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2015 at 14:31
Diagonal +1
And it takes the leadership!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2015 at 16:55
No band could oust Cardiacs...unless they get put up against Can. Then I'll be in a real bind.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2015 at 18:10
How the heck can Diagonal be ahead of Swans and Cardiacs? Nice band but come on man, seriously.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2015 at 18:45
^ hahaha...  dude.. I know your pain.. you're being Supertramped.... Cameled.. AND DULLED LOL




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2015 at 19:14
Nice start ... from the clip I knew I'd like the Swans stuff but after just the opening bars of the whole album I'm gone, hook line and sinker. Majestically sombre without what I think of as metal excess. Oh crikey this is good, wow nearly 2.5 hours and ARGHHHHHHH .... they played Sydney (Oz) earlier this year. Nobody ever tells me nuffink.  Damn I must have been an arsehole in my previous existence cos my kharma sucks big time.

So some of you reckon Cardiac is even tastier ? Today is looking up.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2015 at 22:58
Pray forgive me for I am but ignorant. I knew Gilbert from the band Giraffe though I confess I hadn't put two and two together. Swans/Cardiacs/Diagonal all new to me.

oooh erkkkk ... man this is a hard one. Took a break from Swans at around the one hour mark. One track not quite my speed but nonetheless overall it is a superb piece of work.

So on to Cardiacs ..... at the start, somewhat light and frothy by comparison but oh yes, it is good. Reminds me a bit of early Split Enz ....  with a touch of Madness and Oingo Boingo. Gets deeper the longer it goes on. Gets better as well.

I havn't listened to all of Diagonal but it is not grabbing me. Gilbert I quite liked but not enough to make any great impression against those two mighty albums by Swan and Cardiacs. Swans I think. They need more help than Cardiacs.


Edited by t d wombat - July 07 2015 at 16:16
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 07 2015 at 04:15
Soundtracks.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 07 2015 at 08:42
I voted Diagonal early on, what a great band. I do own all four but the other three I have not spent ANY time with yet or maybe it would be different.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 07 2015 at 16:18
Well I'll be damned. Swans doing nicely thank you very much. Now, with a wee bit of extra support for Cardiacs they could both get over the line. Hope springs eternal, even in an old farts breast.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2015 at 05:12
Between Swans and Cardiacs, will hold my vote for now, but I hope both make it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 08 2015 at 15:47
Swans, followed closely by Cardiacs.

Disappointed with Diagonal. Didn't live up to the high hopes I had for it, sadly.
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