Battle of the Album – The Decades

Hello, and welcome to the battle of the albums, the decade edition where albums will battle it out to be crowded the coldplayer’s favourite album of the 60s, the 70s, the 80s & the 90s before going up each other, plus the winner of the 2000s poll, to be crowded the 2010 coldplayer’s favourite album of all time

 

The format:

Each decade will have its own contest, so one for the 1960s, one for the 1970s, one for the 1980s and the final contest for the 1990s; you will be invited to submit ranked lists of up to 20 albums of your favourite albums from those decades, the higher the album is on your list the more points it will get, simples.

 

Points:

1 - 50

2 - 40

3 - 38

4 - 36

5 - 34

6 - 32

7 - 30

8 - 28

9 - 26

10 - 24

11 - 22

12 - 20

13 - 18

14 - 16

15 - 14

16 - 12

17 - 10

18 - 8

19 - 6

20 - 4

 

 

Second up will the 1970s contest, so get your thinking hats on for your favourite albums of the decades, this thread will be locked on the 24th July, so you have 4 weeks to get your lists in :D

 

Any questions?

 

ask them:

:P

Gonna have to work on this one a bit harder than the 60's :lol:

gonna be fun

perhaps tonight but probably tomorrow

allow edits please since i'm drunk and will defnitely change my mind if i put it up tonight

Not in order:

Neil Young - After the Gold Rush

David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders from Mars

David Bowie - Hunky Dory

David Bowie - Aladdin Sane

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory

The Clash - The Clash

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

Television - Marquee Moon

The Clash - London Calling

Talking Heads - 77

The Guess Who - American Woman

Neil Young - Harvest

Joni Mitchell - Blue

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps

quite tough to make but here I go...

 

1. Ram-Paul McCartney

2. Meddle-Pink Floyd

3. Dark Side of the Moon-Pink Floyd

4. Mind Games-John Lennon

5. Walls & Bridges-John Lennon

6. Bridge Over Troubled Water-Simon & Garfunkel

7. McCartney-Paul McCartney

8. Close to the Edge-Yes

9. The Wall-Pink Floyd

10. Morrison Hotel-The Doors

11. Physical Graffiti-Led Zeppelin

12. The Yes Album-Yes

13. Venus & Mars-Paul McCartney & Wings

14. Let it Be-The Beatles

15. Animals-Pink Floyd

16. Goodbye Yellowbrick Road-Elton John

17. Untitled/Led Zeppelin IV-Led Zeppelin

18. Apostrophe-Frank Zappa

19. Band on the Run-Paul McCartney & Wings

20. Diamond Dogs-David Bowie

My knowledge of 1970's albums is disgraceful.

 

1) Let It Be - The Beatles

Great list mike.

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maybe top 5

it was very difficult whittling it down to 20 so a lot of people like talking heads, the buzzcocks and neil young missed out

 

 

20. David Bowie – The Man Who Sold The World

19. The Doors – LA Woman

18. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers

17. David Bowie – Station To Station

16. The Clash – London Calling

15. David Bowie – Heroes

14. Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks

13. Leonard Cohen – New Skin For Old Ceremony

12. The Stooges – Funhouse

11. Iggy Pop – The Idiot

10. The Velvet Underground – Loaded

9. Brian Eno – Before And After Science

8. David Bowie – Aladdin Sane

7. Leonard Cohen – Songs Of Love And Hate

6. Lou Reed – Transformer

5. Nick Drake – Pink Moon

4. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures

3. David Bowie – Hunky Dory

2. Iggy Pop – Raw Power

1. David Bowie – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars

No Kraftwerk? :sad:

Mike the list is of 20 as for the 60's.

You can add Kraftwerk, Laura. :)

Oh, really? :surprised:

 

I know I can but I'm a bit surprised they haven't been listed yet.

that probably is cause i didn't post my list yet. :p

:dance:

 

I will definitely include them in my list. :nice:

Mike the list is of 20 as for the 60's.

You can add Kraftwerk, Laura. :)

 

crap...guess I have to slim down my list a bit then.

if i could have had 35 albums kraftwerk would have probably made it

but we got 20 and i'm glad of that

1.The Clash - London Calling

2.David Bowie - Low

3.Brian Eno - Another Green World

4.Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express (hehe)

5.Neil Young - After The Goldrush

6.Big Star - Radio City

7.Can - Tago Mago

8.Television - Marquee Moon

9.Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon

10.John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

11.Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street

12.Neil Young - On The Beach

13.Wire - Pink Flag

14.Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

15.Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady

16.Big Star - #1 Record

17.Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

18.Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

19.Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks

20.New York Dolls - New York Dolls

 

Best Decade Ever all of these above are 10/10 albums.

1. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

:cheesy:

1. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

2. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie

 

 

 

and those are actually the only 70's albums on my computer

1. The Beatles - Let It Be

2. John Lennon - Imagine

3. Neil Young - After The Goldrush

4. Elton John - Goodbye Yellowbrick Road

5. Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine

6. John Lennon - The John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

 

Aaand, that's about how far my knowledge goes :thinking:

*needs to get thinking head out*

when are these in for?

From Bea:

 

20th July is when they are due