Cyan Kat Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I think cover albums should be allowed :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 So based on that, any album which contains a sample from another track won't be allowed as its not original material? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Radio Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 Well sampe =/= cover But if people don't agree to the rules, I could change them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Considering that good cover albums are quite rare (maybe 1 or 2 a year), I think you should leave them to be included. It's not like the flood gate are going to open and people are going to start voting for cover albums on mass, as apart from Neil Young & Counting Crows I can't think of anymore decent cover albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Radio Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 Yeah, that's true Okay, definite final decision: cover albums are allowed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 1. "Love This Giant"-David Byrne & St. Vincent 2. "The Silicone Veil"-Susanne Sundfør 3. "Valtari"-Sigur Rós 4. "Through the Night"-Ren Harvieu 5. "Enjoy It While It Lasts"-Spector 6. "Shallow Bed"-Dry the River 7. "Born to Die"-Lana del Rey 8. "Life Is Elsewhere"-Little Comets 9. "Rhythm and Repose"-Glen Hansard 10. "Des Wahnsinns Fette Beute"-Oomph! 11. "Album Title Goes Here"-deadmau5 12. "Requiem for the Indifferent"-Epica 13. "Shrines"-Purity Ring 14. "Tramp"-Sharon Van Etten 15. "Die Hölle Muss Warten"-Eisbrecher 16. "The 2nd Law"-Muse 17. "Django Django"-Django Django 18. "Fragrant World"-Yeasayer 19. "What We Saw From the Cheap Seats"-Regina Spektor 20. "Babel"-Mumford & Sons 21. "In Our Heads"-Hot Chip 22. "The Slideshow Effect"-Memoryhouse 23. "Free Dimensional"-Diamond Rings 24. "The Haunted Man"-Bat for Lashes 25. "Coexist"-The xx Subject to change. I'm really indecisive. Yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Radio Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 I tried to make a list and came up with an unnumbered list including 40+ albums :blank: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I just went and changed mine again. :sick: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrd Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Epica! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Yes, ma'am. :D I love them. Especially Simone. :dazzled: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rvs_009 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 1. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave 2. Muse - The 2nd Law 3. Andy Burrows - Company 4. The Black Keys - El Camino 5. Jason Mraz- Love is a four letter Word 6. Mumford & Sons - Babel 7. Fun - Some Nights 8. Will and the People - Will and the People 9. Passenger - All The Little Things 10. JAck White - Blunderbuss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 1 Tame Impala, Lonerism 2 Alt-J, An Awesome Wave 3 Flying Lotus, Until the Quiet Comes 4 Jack White, Blunderbuss 5 Grimes, Visions 6 Pulled Apart By Horses, Tough Love 7 Beach House, Bloom 8 DIIV, Oshin 9 Tribes, Baby 10 Lana Del Rey, Born to Die 11 Graham Coxon, A&E 12 Grizzly Bear, Shields 13 Bobby Womack, Bravest Man in the Universe 14 Frank Ocean, Channel Orange 15 Melody's Echo Chamber, Melody's Echo Chamber 16 Jake Bugg, Jake Bugg 17 Hot Chip, In Our Heads 18 The Vaccines, Come of Age 19 Richard Hawley, Standing At Sky's Edge 20 The Shins, Port of Morrow 21 Jam City, Classical Curves 22 Cloud Nothings, Attack on Memory 23 The XX, Coexist 24 Lianne La Havas, Is Your Love Big Enough 25 The Mars Volta, Noctourniquet Gutted that Burial isn't allowed. The number of debuts/sophomore efforts must be extremely high this year, given the failings of the likes of Muse, Keane etc. Can we get graphs done on genre, number of albums released, nationality, number of members and whether or not the artists have beards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 The number of debuts/sophomore efforts must be extremely high this year, given the failings of the likes of Muse, Keane etc. Can we get graphs done on genre, number of albums released, nationality, number of members and whether or not the artists have beards? ...Or it might be that Muse, Keane, etc. didn't really release solid albums this year. But no, I get what you mean. There have been a substantial amount of debuts released this year, and from what I've heard, they're quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Radio Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 Can we get graphs done on genre, number of albums released, nationality, number of members and whether or not the artists have beards? :lol: I'll see what I can do :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetelephoneline Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 01. Mumford and Sons - Babel 02. Apparatjik - Square Peg In A Round Hole 03. Norah Jones - Little Broken Hearts... 04. Green Day - ¡Uno! 05. Muse - The 2nd Law 06. Jason Mraz - Love Is A Four Letter Word 07. Emeli Sandé - Our Version Of Events 08. Keane - Strangeland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrd Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 For the people that have not ordered their CDs: I encourage you to do so, because for the ranking it really matters how much points it gets. Last year I gave unranked lists the same points as the middle rank would get, so 13th place (170 points) for each CD in a top 25 list and a 4th place (325 points) in a top 7 list, but this year to make it harder for you I am thinking to give each unranked CD just 100 points. When you let CDs share places, I will not attribute less points to it. I will give the CD behind it not one but two ranks lower and the two same ranked CDs the number of points of that rank+one lower rank / 2. So if you're list says 1. Radiohead - In Rainbows 2. Lady Gaga - Born This Way/ Muse - The 2nd Law 3. The XX - Coexist 4. Cat Power - Sun 5. Grizzly Bear - Shields I will rank them 1 - 2.5 - 2.5 - 4 - 5 - 6 (500 - 400 - 400 - 325 - 300 - 275 points respectively)Can we get graphs done on genre, number of albums released, nationality, number of members and whether or not the artists have beards?I really like this idea. There's 165 different CDs in the file already, though. I think looking up how many members each band has and nationality and how many albums released etc, is a bit much work. But I might do that later on for the top 20 or something. I like to play around with the statistics :D Also depends on how much computer time I will have during Christmas, I think my bf might get angry at me when I spend a whole day behind the PC instead of with his family but then again, I don't know their language :thinking: and I like doing these kind of things :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 ...Or it might be that Muse, Keane, etc. didn't really release solid albums this year. But no, I get what you mean. There have been a substantial amount of debuts released this year, and from what I've heard, they're quite good. That's what I mean, I think it's because expectations are higher for Keane or Muse than Django Django or Alt-J. But that's what I meant, yeah. :lol: I'll see what I can do :) I really like this idea. There's 165 different CDs in the file already, though. I think looking up how many members each band has and nationality and how many albums released etc, is a bit much work. But I might do that later on for the top 20 or something. I like to play around with the statistics :D Also depends on how much computer time I will have during Christmas, I think my bf might get angry at me when I spend a whole day behind the PC instead of with his family but then again, I don't know their language :thinking: and I like doing these kind of things :\ If no one else can be bothered, I'll do it, just send me the top 50 or so and what you want done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I've actually been working on an extensive spreadsheet for artists I want to look into for a while now (still haven't finished it), and it has those sorts of statistics. I'd be glad to donate my time to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Final Track Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I'm actually very interested to see the beard one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I've actually been working on an extensive spreadsheet for artists I want to look into for a while now (still haven't finished it), and it has those sorts of statistics. I'd be glad to donate my time to that. This sounds interesting anyway, what sort of things does your spreadsheet talk about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Artist name, artist nationality, number of albums released, genre (or subgenres, rather. This is kinda iffy, though, as genres are open to interpretation). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainplay Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Edited mine again..this is hard :bomb: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashleyMN28 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I only have 5 on my list... 1.Imagine Dragons-Night Visions 2.Lana Del Ray-Born To Die 3.Mumford and Sons-Babel 4.Ellie Goulding- Halcyon 5.Keane-Strangeland Didn't really like anything else put out this year. :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I personally have loved 2012 musically. Top year for music, it really has been. It got to about May and it became apparent that no one like Radiohead or Arcade Fire was going to come along and steal album of the year, again, and I just found that really exciting, There were all these new artists like Alt-J, Django Django, Frank Ocean, Melody's Echo Chamber, all coming along at once, and suddenly bands like The XX, Sigur Ros, Tame Impala, Grizzly Bear are regarded as people's favourite bands, seasoned regulars, when a few years ago, they were just seen as hot new bands, or someone you'd have a few tracks from on your iPod. Keane and Muse have been slightly disappointing, as have Vaccines, Two Door Cinema Club and Killers to some, so it's just nice to see a void being filled. It's just felt like this year, we haven't had to rely on megastar bands like Muse, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, Florence, U2 or Kasabian for our albums of the year. And now Mumfords have been announced at T in the Park, I hope this is the beginning of a new era of music. One that doesn't repeat the same headliners at the same festivals, because they're simply the biggest bands; one in which more "indie" artists like the ones mentioned are cool again. Because 2012 has delivered us some great new music, and for me, this is the start of what can be a fantastic decade of music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 It got to about May and it became apparent that no one like Radiohead or Arcade Fire was going to come along and steal album of the year, again, and I just found that really exciting, There were all these new artists like Alt-J, Django Django, Frank Ocean, Melody's Echo Chamber, all coming along at once, and suddenly bands like The XX, Sigur Ros, Tame Impala, Grizzly Bear are regarded as people's favourite bands, seasoned regulars, when a few years ago, they were just seen as hot new bands, or someone you'd have a few tracks from on your iPod. While I'm not sure I agree with what you say about the "hot new bands" bit, I definitely agree with your sentiment about new artists. I've listened to a fair amount of those this year, and I've really enjoyed myself. (By the way, props to you for bringing up Django Django. I really enjoy that band.) Keane and Muse have been slightly disappointing, as have Vaccines, Two Door Cinema Club and Killers to some, so it's just nice to see a void being filled. This. While I'm glad Keane at least went back to basics with "Strangeland" (as opposed to going down the path they were on with "Perfect Symmetry" and "Night Train" :sick:), I wish they would've done a bit more with it. Muse's "The 2nd Law" was hit-and-miss for me. Some of it is really good, some of it I only feel like listening to some of the time, and there are a couple of tracks that I don't listen to at all. ("Explorers" should NOT be 6 minutes long. Jesus.) Two Door Cinema Club did go in a slightly darker direction, and I enjoyed it; I think I just like their brighter debut album more. One of the reasons I grew to enjoy 2DCC is because they were feel-good music for me, and I feel like I lost that with "Beacon." As far as The Vaccines and The Killers, I just found their most recent albums boring. I can't really explain why. It's a shame, really. It's just felt like this year, we haven't had to rely on megastar bands like Muse, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, Florence, U2 or Kasabian for our albums of the year. I don't think you ever have to really "rely" on megastar bands to fill your list if you look hard enough and if you listen to enough music. Even if that was the case, as long as the album is solid, I don't have an issue with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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