Poll the CDs piled haphazardly on the desk on which is placed my laptop on which I am typing this poll

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Mostly cheap 2 for 5 CDs from Music Magpie or else cheap Amazon CDs.

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Talking Heads, "Remain in Light" 11
ASUS external hard drive (not a CD but it's in the pile between the Idle Race and Alice Coltrane) 10
Beck, "Sea Change" 5
James Brown, "Love Power Peace - Live at the Olympia Paris 1971" 5
Olivier Messiaen, "Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jésus" 5
Alice Coltrane, "Huntington Ashram Monastery / World Galaxy" 5
The Associates, "The Affectionate Punch" 4
Mercury Rev, "Boces" 3
The Necks, "Chemist" 2
Al Green, "The Legendary Hi Records Albums, Volume 2" 2
Mauricio Kagel, "Exotica" 1
Al Green, "The Legendary Hi Records Albums, Volume 3" 1
Pierre Boulez, "Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3" 1
I Roy, "Gussie Presenting I Roy" 1
Al Green, "The Legendary Hi Records Albums, Volume 1" 0
Wolfgang Rihm, "Complete Works for Violin and Piano" 0
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, "The Best of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich" 0
Gene Vincent, "6 Original Albums" 0
Idle Race, "Back to the Story" 0


Monthly Python (Tom D.), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 16:55 (one year ago) link

LOL, "Remain in Light" is going to win every single one of these polls.

Monthly Python (Tom D.), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 16:56 (one year ago) link

gotta be some gems on that hard drive tho

maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 16:57 (one year ago) link

"Sea Change" to "Vingt regards" were 4 for £8 CDs I got from Music Magpie recently which is why they're at the top of the pile, er poll.

Monthly Python (Tom D.), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 16:58 (one year ago) link

I Roy vs Messiaen vs Al Green refuse to choose

you're a sick man, Buddy Rich (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 17:02 (one year ago) link

tough call between Boulez and the ASUS drive ... fuck!

sarahell, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 17:07 (one year ago) link

Messiaen, c'est si bon.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 17:11 (one year ago) link

Now that’s a good list

deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 17:21 (one year ago) link

need to know what's on the ASUS before committing myself

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 17:22 (one year ago) link

voted I Roy, though that Alice C two-fer is excellent

rob, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 17:44 (one year ago) link

Heartened by the appreciation for I Roy, I love that guy.

Monthly Python (Tom D.), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 17:46 (one year ago) link

x2 I-Roy, and U-Roy, and Roy Rogers (the restaurant, not the cowboy)

deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 17:56 (one year ago) link

I vote for ASUS external hard drive and if you don't you're a poser

earosmith (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 17:57 (one year ago) link

I haven’t heard any of these (save the Beck?), but will endeavor to change that.

The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 17:57 (one year ago) link

What, even "Remain in Light"??!?!?

Monthly Python (Tom D.), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 18:05 (one year ago) link

this is tough but I went with Al Green Vol. 3

out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 18:07 (one year ago) link

Heartened by the appreciation for I Roy, I love that guy.

― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Tuesday, August 22, 2023 1:46 PM (fifty-two minutes ago)

he makes pretty much any random assortment of words sound cool as hell! plus "Black Man Time" has that thrilling wild & unique violin part in it iirc

rob, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 18:42 (one year ago) link

His voice is like a warm hug. Love "Coxsone Affair", which is his paean to the Roaring Twenties club in Carnaby Street.

Stick around at Twenties and even have some kinda nice meal / Drinks on the house, girls without spouse

Monthly Python (Tom D.), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 19:46 (one year ago) link

LOL, "Remain in Light" is going to win every single one of these polls.

― Monthly Python (Tom D.)

the asus is definitely gonna win this one

Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 20:02 (one year ago) link

Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jésus even though the version I picked up a while ago has a few clear edits on it BOO CHEATING, dunno which recording you have mind

there's no such thing as a winnable volume war (Matt #2), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 21:07 (one year ago) link

I can say from experience that the necks are better than an asus external hard drive, but it is fine margins

H.P, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 21:09 (one year ago) link

Number of albums heard: 3

Favourite: Associates

Least-favourite: Beck (though I like a handful of songs)

Nicest surprise: Associates

Unheard, but most want to hear: Al Green Vol. 1 or 2 (I've heard some of the original albums on both collections)

Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 24 August 2023 02:27 (one year ago) link

Easily Vingt Regards today. Oddly enough, all this polling of favourites had me pondering what Messiaen I'd theoretically include for such an exercise, which then led to me listening to a previously unfamiliar recording (Joanna MacGregor) of the aforementioned just last night!

Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 24 August 2023 03:09 (one year ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Monday, 28 August 2023 00:01 (one year ago) link

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

System, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 00:01 (one year ago) link

oh this will not stand

ACER voters were disenfranchised

I can't turn a fart into a question (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 00:55 (one year ago) link

partially because we confuse ACER with ASUS

I can't turn a fart into a question (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 00:55 (one year ago) link


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