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Is Floodland the best album?

Yes
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45%
No
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55%
 
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Alopex
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Hello!

I Swedish rock journalist has just rated "Floodland" as one of the top 10 rock albums of all time. Though I am glad that Sisters of Mercy got the attention I seriously doubt if one actually can mention Sisters of Mercy at all without "First and Last..." and "Some Girls...". To me, the quintessence of Sisters is in the first albums, and the rest is better than most but really... can you call yourself a rock journalist and rate "Floodland" as the best one? It could be that he actually never heard the first albums but I doubt that.

What is your opinion about this?

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You bad Alopex... You voted No :lol: :lol: ;D
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the debate around this very question is currently 'raging' on another active chat. For some context, what were the other nine or do you have a link you could share?
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This is the link of the top 10 albumbs:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 4655_o.jpg

Can you link to the debate?
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Everybody knows that The Perfect Prescription is the best LP, but it does have the slight complication that it's not a Sisters LP. ;D
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mh wrote:Everybody knows that The Perfect Prescription is the best LP, but it does have the slight complication that it's not a Sisters LP. ;D
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Nah, Genesis Live is the greatest ellpee ever made. This is FACT!
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Alopex wrote:This is the link of the top 10 albumbs:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 4655_o.jpg

Can you link to the debate?
OK, this guy has missed a lot ... :lol: ...
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James Blast wrote:Nah, Genesis Live is the greatest ellpee ever made. This is FACT!
Good one, but nope... best one is Marvin Gaye's What's Going On ;D
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Being645 wrote:
Alopex wrote:This is the link of the top 10 albumbs:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 4655_o.jpg

Can you link to the debate?
OK, this guy has missed a lot ... :lol: ...
He missed a lot, but a least not the brilliant 1st album of The Velvet Underground :notworthy:
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Victim of Circumstance wrote:
Being645 wrote:
Alopex wrote:This is the link of the top 10 albumbs:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 4655_o.jpg

Can you link to the debate?
OK, this guy has missed a lot ... :lol: ...
He missed a lot, but a least not the brilliant 1st album of The Velvet Underground :notworthy:
That top 10's not bad at all, but his choice of hiphop is not mine...
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I was at the de Montfort Hall in '73 where most of the "Genesis Live" was recorded.
"Floodland" is the best of the Sisters output because you don't have to be a Sisters fan to like it. It transcends personal bias it is so well crafted.
The best album ever is "1.Outside".
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See 'tother thread
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55% favours FL! I thought this was a Sisters fan site...
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Alopex wrote:55% favours FL! I thought this was a Sisters fan site...
NO: 54% ... :? ... seems you got things wrong!
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Alopex wrote:55% favours FL! I thought this was a Sisters fan site...
Oh, we're very varied in taste here. Some of us prefer the earlier stuff, some of us don't. Some of us like guitars, some prefer synths. Some like mutant dub/funk/metal, some like classical rock/pop, some like towering bombast.

One thing we're not is religious or precious about any of it. We do enjoy the occasional squabble about YCBTO, but it's all in good faith and with a sense of fun and friendship, not to mention a keen understanding that others' tastes differ.

We're also not elitist. Nobody prefers the earlier stuff just because it's earlier, or the more obscure stuff just because it's obscure. Good music is good music and factors such as that are largely irrelevant.
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mh wrote:
Alopex wrote:55% favours FL! I thought this was a Sisters fan site...
Oh, we're very varied in taste here. Some of us prefer the earlier stuff, some of us don't. Some of us like guitars, some prefer synths. Some like mutant dub/funk/metal, some like classical rock/pop, some like towering bombast.

One thing we're not is religious or precious about any of it. We do enjoy the occasional squabble about YCBTO, but it's all in good faith and with a sense of fun and friendship, not to mention a keen understanding that others' tastes differ.

We're also not elitist. Nobody prefers the earlier stuff just because it's earlier, or the more obscure stuff just because it's obscure. Good music is good music and factors such as that are largely irrelevant.
Very well said :notworthy:
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Indeed, well said Q. :notworthy:
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Alopex wrote:55% favours FL! I thought this was a Sisters fan site...
Hopefully said with tongue firmly in cheek. :innocent:
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that is a very weird top 10!
Floodland is the best LP yes, but that don't mean it has the best songs on it (or something like that)
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