Darlene_Ihnfsa Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Final Track Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Gonna have to work on this one a bit harder than the 60's :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Myshkin Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMagpie Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_gloaming09 Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh42 Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 My knowledge of 1970's albums is disgraceful. 1) Let It Be - The Beatles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMagpie Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Great list mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian Plastic Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 UN KNOWN PLEASURES FOR #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Myshkin Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 UN KNOWN PLEASURES FOR #1 maybe top 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Myshkin Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fietssleutel Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 No Kraftwerk? :sad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darlene_Ihnfsa Posted June 21, 2010 Author Share Posted June 21, 2010 Mike the list is of 20 as for the 60's. You can add Kraftwerk, Laura. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fietssleutel Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Oh, really? :surprised: I know I can but I'm a bit surprised they haven't been listed yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darlene_Ihnfsa Posted June 21, 2010 Author Share Posted June 21, 2010 that probably is cause i didn't post my list yet. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fietssleutel Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 :dance: I will definitely include them in my list. :nice: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_gloaming09 Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Myshkin Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 if i could have had 35 albums kraftwerk would have probably made it but we got 20 and i'm glad of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domscientist Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damon albarn Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 1. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian Plastic Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 :cheesy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian Plastic Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Final Track Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 *needs to get thinking head out* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Myshkin Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 when are these in for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 From Bea: 20th July is when they are due Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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