2017 FBG Album Poll - COUNTDOWN TODAY (Feb 22) (2 Viewers)

Link to last year's thread

Tenative deadline is January 25th. If there aren't enough lists in by then, I will extend it but I'm away for work the week of the 29th, so the countdown needs to either go down the week before of after that.

Suggestions and discussion welcome in this thread. PMing lists to me is encouraged vs. posting them here, so there is some drama in the big reveal.

Rules
These are the rules we've used in the past, still work for everyone, or should we do some tinkering? The one thing that happens with the assigned points is one person can love an album, give it 30 points and it finds it's way into the midsection of the countdown. It puts an album "loved" by one person ahead of one that was "liked" by 3 or 4 people, which can be either a good or bad thing, depending on how you look at it. Personally, I think it adds some diversity to the chart but maybe we should roll the max per album back to 25?

- You have 200 points to distribute as you see fit among 10 to 20 albums.
- No album can be given more than 30 points
- You can also simply post your top 10-20 albums in order and they will be awarded points in a descending order from 19-1.

- You must post at least 10 albums
- Any album consisting of new/previously unreleased material released in 2017 is eligible (No reissues, compilations must be all new material)
- Live Albums must have been recorded and released in 2017
- EP's are eligible
- You can post your album rankings/points assignments here or PM them to me (PMing them to me adds some mystery as to how the final results shake out, but if some people just want to post a top 10/20 list, that's fine too).
- The more participants the better
- Let's try to keep this near the top of the page for the next couple weeks.

EXAMPLE 1 - Points Assigned:

The Beatles - Abbey Road - 30
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed - 30
The Band - The Band - 25
The Who - Tommy - 20
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin - 15
Led Zeppelin - II - 10
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground - 10
The Stooges - The Stooges - 10
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River - 10
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats - 10
Neil Young with Crazy Horse -Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - 5
Elvis Presley - From Elvis in Memphis - 5
MC5 - Kick Out the Jams - 5
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Crosby, Stills and Nash - 5
The Flying Burrito Bros - The Gilded Palace of Sin - 5
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King - 1
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left - 1
Sly and the Family Stone - Stand! - 1
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis - 1
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica - 1

Example 2 - Albums Ranked

1. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (will be awarded 19 points)
2. Led Zeppelin - IV (will be awarded 18 points)
3. The Who - Who's Next (will be awarded 17 points)
4. Joni Mitchell -Blue (will be awarded 16 points)
5. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (will be awarded 15 points)
6. Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On (will be awarded 14 points)
7. David Bowie - Hunky Dory (will be awarded 13 points)
8. Carole King - Tapestry (will be awarded 12 points)
9. John Lennon - Imagine (will be awarded 11 points)
10. The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East (will be awarded 10 points)
11. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story (will be awarded 10 points)
12. T. Rex - Electric Warrior (will be awarded 9 points)
13. Janis Joplin - Pearl (will be awarded 8 points)
14. The Doors - L.A. Woman (will be awarded 7 points)
15. Can - Tago Mago (will be awarded 6 points)
16. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate (will be awarded 5 points)
17. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (will be awarded 4 points)
18. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up (will be awarded 3 points)
19. Jethro Tull - Aqualung (will be awarded 2 points)
20. Yes - Fragile (will be awarded 1 points)

2017 "Best Albums" Thread

2017 Song Draft

 

I haven't listened to enough albums in 2017 but will enjoy the revealing! 

Crap, now I am actually going to have to commit to the order of the albums on my list... spots 2 through ~8 have been pretty fluid based on my mood at the moment. 

ETA: I also have to narrow it down from 23 to 20

Dot

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thanks nv

Count me in.

Gervinho

Jaysus said:

Crap, now I am actually going to have to commit to the order of the albums on my list... spots 2 through ~8 have been pretty fluid based on my mood at the moment. 

ETA: I also have to narrow it down from 23 to 20

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meh, I just chopped my current list at 20 and submitted as is... distributing points was enough of a task at this point. 

I've never done one of these before--but if you are still allowing people to join--I'd give it a shot.  

Jaysus said:

Crap, now I am actually going to have to commit to the order of the albums on my list... spots 2 through ~8 have been pretty fluid based on my mood at the moment. 

ETA: I also have to narrow it down from 23 to 20

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I think I have my top 4 or 5 pretty figured out, but narrowing the rest down will be tough as it always is for me. 

I probably pimped them too hard to you guys and into oblivion, but of course IDLES will be my #1.

Most of my favorites were released earlier in the year. Didn't listen to much new music over the summer for some reason. Looking forward to see what I missed.

I just realized I know nothing about today’s music....and am officially old.

lakerstan said:

I just realized I know nothing about today’s music....and am officially old.

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I keep going backwards because I missed so much and I'm just convinced that most of the new stuff is really revivalism of genres once done better. 

I don't know if it's because I'm getting old and that's a Get Off My Lawn sentiment, or whether I'm right. 

I do have a few favorite albums of 2017, though, so I may assign a limited number of points to a few albums I really enjoyed.  

rockaction said:

I keep going backwards because I missed so much and I'm just convinced that most of the new stuff is really revivalism of genres once done better. 

I don't know if it's because I'm getting old and that's a Get Off My Lawn sentiment, or whether I'm right. 

I do have a few favorite albums of 2017, though, so I may assign a limited number of points to a few albums I really enjoyed.  

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Looking forward to what you and others post so I can expand my horizons!

I'm hoping Lorde is top 5. 

Rankings sent. 

Thanks for running the album poll again, NV.

King gizzard had twenty albums, right?  I choose all them.

there was a bunch of stuff this year that I really liked- been loving this post-punk renaissance.

ok... here's my list. 

27 is the new 20

List sent - my shortest list ever (6 Albums)

rockaction said:

I keep going backwards because I missed so much and I'm just convinced that most of the new stuff is really revivalism of genres once done better. 

I don't know if it's because I'm getting old and that's a Get Off My Lawn sentiment, or whether I'm right. 

I do have a few favorite albums of 2017, though, so I may assign a limited number of points to a few albums I really enjoyed.  

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You’re in a transitional phase. It’s still plausible enough that you’re right so you can convince yourself or at least consider the possibility that it’s the case. When you’ve had this same experience 5-6 years in a row, you’ll start to accept the truth.

Sent 

Starting to flesh out the results. In the past week of doing this, I've remembered some that I really liked that came out early, and am rounding the list into form.   

rockaction said:

Starting to flesh out the results. In the past week of doing this, I've remembered some that I really liked that came out early, and am rounding the list into form.   

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I kept an unsorted Google Keep list all year so I did not forget

rockaction said:

Starting to flesh out the results. In the past week of doing this, I've remembered some that I really liked that came out early, and am rounding the list into form.   

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Jaysus said:

I kept an unsorted Google Keep list all year so I did not forget

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Goofus and Gallant

Did we decide that RtJ3 was this year?

KarmaPolice said:

Did we decide that RtJ3 was this year?

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 Yeah, that would be pretty important for my list, too.  

Okay, went back through the song and album drafts, checked about eight end-of-year lists, did my own thing by going to punk zines (Razorcake and MRR) and PunkNews and think I've got a pretty darn good list. Not that anybody cares, but it's fun to bump this thread. 

eta, after the likes, so Jaysus and Eephus aren't liking this particular posting nor picks...here's the list...

What's my deadline on this

Will be posting tonight...god willing and all that 

When I looked back at my lists from previous years (because I'm that kind of ), I was generally pretty happy overall with the albums I repped.  But the points I gave out sometimes seem very questionable in retrospect.  This coupled with the lack of a true standout album in 2016, caused me to give ten points each to my twenty favorites.  In the end, it really simplified the process.

For your consideration and in alphabetical order

Steve Tasker said:

What's my deadline on this

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I think he wanted them by the 25th, and if later, then we'd do the countdown later because he had to leave for the week, I think.  

Need ruling:  Artist released an album in 2012.  As a kickstarter perk for those who helped crowd-fund the LP, the artist threw in an additional mixtape, essentially, of 11 songs that didn't make the cut for the album.  Based on overwhelming response from his fans, he decided to remaster and rework these 11 songs.  In 2017, he released an album consisting of the remasters of these 11 songs from 2012 plus an additional 7 new songs.  Allmusic lists it as a 2017 release only since the 2012 songs were never really released.

Is this a 2017 album?

Steve Tasker said:

Need ruling:  Artist released an album in 2012.  As a kickstarter perk for those who helped crowd-fund the LP, the artist threw in an additional mixtape, essentially, of 11 songs that didn't make the cut for the album.  Based on overwhelming response from his fans, he decided to remaster and rework these 11 songs.  In 2017, he released an album consisting of the remasters of these 11 songs from 2012 plus an additional 7 new songs.  Allmusic lists it as a 2017 release only since the 2012 songs were never really released.

Is this a 2017 album?

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That's 2017 

Ilov80s said:

That's 2017 

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I agree, but I'm not sure I'm who he was asking. I just want to know who it is. 

Eephus said:

When I looked back at my lists from previous years (because I'm that kind of ), I was generally pretty happy overall with the albums I repped.  But the points I gave out sometimes seem very questionable in retrospect.  This coupled with the lack of a true standout album in 2016, caused me to give ten points each to my twenty favorites.  In the end, it really simplified the process.

For your consideration and in alphabetical order

Spoiler

Tony Allen    --    The Source    --    10

Beck    --    Colors    --    10
Big K.R.I.T.    --    4eva Is a Mighty Long Time    --    10
Big Thief    --    Capacity    --    10
Daniel Caesar    --    Freudian    --    10
Alex Cameron    --    Forced Witness    --    10
Cloud Nothings    --    Life Without Sound    --    10
Liam Gallagher        As You Were        10
Ghostpoet    --    Dark Days + Canapes    --    10
Ben Gibbard    --    Bandwagonesque    --    10
The Horrors    --    V    --    10
Jason Isbell    --    Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit    --    10
Japanese Breakfast    --    Soft Sounds From Another Planet    --    10
Kelela    --    Take Me Apart    --    10
Kendrick Lamar    --    DAMN.    --    10
Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts    --    MILANO    --    10
Laura Marling    --    Semper Femina    --    10
Mura Masa    --    Mura Masa    --    10
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever    --    The French Press    --    10
Spoon    --    Hot Thoughts    --    10

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Loved that Milano album at first listen, and then a little less subsequently.

Love the egalitarian approach, but could end up with potentially all albums outside the final list, which seems to bottom out around 20 iirc..

This is one of my favorites threads each year but I’m always amazed at some of the top picks.  I don’t think I get a lot of modern music.  GET OFF MY LAWN!

AAABatteries said:

This is one of my favorites threads each year but I’m always amazed at some of the top picks.  I don’t think I get a lot of modern music.  GET OFF MY LAWN!

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I don't think you're any different than I am, at least. I had commented upthread about being in a transition to GET OFF MY LAWN mode. 

El Floppo said:

Loved that Milano album at first listen, and then a little less subsequently.

Love the egalitarian approach, but could end up with potentially all albums outside the final list, which seems to bottom out around 20 iirc..

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True but there wasn't one single album that compelled me to carry its torch and assign max points.

I'm staying right here on the lawn. I dug this year for music more than most in recent memory. 2007 was probably a peak. 

Black dot

rockaction said:

I don't think you're any different than I am, at least. I had commented upthread about being in a transition to GET OFF MY LAWN mode. 

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AAABatteries said:

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I looked at your list and listened to #2 (Idles) because you and Floppo both mentioned it. Thought it was horrible

 

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I think I just realized my mistake - taking Floppo’s opinion on something.  

AAABatteries said:

I think I just realized my mistake - taking Floppo’s opinion on something.  

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Harharhar funny guy

If you want the spoiler on my list- 1 song from all my albums in descending order

I'm sitting at 12 lists, so this is going to get pushed back. I will @ a bunch of people who have submitted in the past as well to get as many as possible.

If you have sent in a list and want to update in the meantime, feel free.